ian-mstm

In that case, the most likely scenario is that during a check someone with the same name as you popped up. Now they must manually verify that you are who you say you are... it's a very time consuming process that takes place over multiple agencies. They can't move forward with the process until all checks have been manually verified from each agency.

Ian

jeffreyhy

Perhaps identity confusion, perhaps identity 'theft' of some sort, perhaps a clerical error, perhaps any number of other things. There is no "supposed to be time". Any application is required to take as long as is necessary to determine that the applicant meets the requirements of the application and is admissible. In most cases a determination can be made quickly, in some cases it can take months or even years. It can be very frustrating for the applicant, but American security is the higher priority. Regards, JEff

jeffreyhy

What makes you think this?

Regards, JEff

Bally2108

I read it somewhere on the net

DavidLemon

Reminds me of the Statefarm commercial. You can not post anything on the net if it is not true. Where did you hear that? On the net

jeffreyhy

Uh, bonjour.

Regards, JEff

jeffreyhy

The internet also tells you that hundreds of hot women are waiting to meet you. (Dave Barry) (Not the exact quote, but close enough. I once used it as my tag line here at BE)

Regards, JEff

SofiaC

Thanks JEff, for pointing out it could be a number of things. Razor sharp analysis. You know that we know, yes it can take weeks months if not years and that "American security is the priority". Got it!

It doesn't explain what my app was doing for 4 months before beginning that process, as one example.

DavidLemon

And you most likely will never receive an explanation. Its just a simple waiting game of which you have no control.

Dont like it? Dont play in their sandbox. If you can accept it, then carry on playing but its always by their rules.

ian-mstm

Respectfully, do you think yours was the only application being processed? For 4 months it was sitting on someone's desk waiting to come to the top of the pile. Once it did, processing began.


Being in Darfur would be a living hell. What you're experiencing may be frustrating and inconvenient, but this is not a life/death situation. Let's keep things in perspective.

Ian

SofiaC

Ian... the pedant police. Seriously, what about less judgment of others circumstances based on you reading one short sentence on something you think you know about but you don't... or better still stop trolling message boards and being nothing but a miser!

We folk come here for advice and/or comfort in the knowledge others are going through the same thing. We don't come here for another devils advocate. We can get that in real life. Thanks!

Bally2108

I finally got a response from the embassy just before Xmas to submit my passports...it took a little longer coz of the holidays but we got our passports back yesterday and fly out on Friday. At last! Guys don't give up x

SofiaC

Oct 24, that's great news!! All the very best with the big move Bally.

COSPhil

Great news, well done Bally.

For others, why would a name generate a "hit"?

Noorah101

Because it would match (or be similar to) some bad guy's name on a watch list. Or for some other reason unknown to us laymen.

Rene